Emily Nagelbach is second flute/piccolo with the Vancouver Island Symphony and is on faculty at the Victoria Conservatory of Music (VCM) in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada in both the Woodwind, Brass & Percussion and Children's Music Departments.  Emily is also a member of Pedagogy Committee of the National Flute Association and Artistic Director of the Summer Music Discovery Camps at the VCM for children ages 5-12.  As a freelance musician, she has performed with many orchestras, including the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra and Victoria Symphony Orchestra.  Emily holds an AVCM from the Royal Conservatory of Music (Toronto), a B.Mus. in Performance and Theory from Wilfrid Laurier University and a M.Mus. in Performance from the University of British Columbia, studying with Amy Hamilton, Lorna McGhee and Camille Churchfield.  Prior to entering university, Emily studied for many years with her friend and mentor, Mary Byrne.

As a soloist and chamber musician, she has won numerous competitions, including the Vancouver Friends of Chamber Music Competition and the Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber Orchestra Concerto Competition.  Emily has been broadcast on CBC Radio as guest principal flute with the Victoria Symphony Orchestra and has recorded for the Canadian Music Centre with the WLU Flute Ensemble and UBC Symphony Orchestra to critical acclaim.  She is a member of the Continuum Consort, with whom she toured South Korea in recital in June 2007.  Emily teaches flute, piccolo, baroque flute and theory to students of all ages and levels as well as piano and fife for young beginners.